This interactive artwork invites participants to contribute to a growing quilt-inspired mural made of colorful paper strips. Visitors are encouraged to reflect on the prompts, write their own thoughts on a blank strip, and glue it into one of the open spaces on the quilt block.
This piece premiered in July of 2025 at Urban Media Arts for their Art Salon on Visions of a Sustainable Future: Our Warming Planet Redux and has been on display at several community events and art shows throughout the remainder of 2025 and beyond.
Why a Quilt?
Quilts are traditionally stitched from leftover fabric—scraps that could be considered useless. Yet from these many remnants, something beautiful and useful can be made. Something that can be passed down and mended through generations.
This mirrors our current moment: we’ve used up much, but we still have what we need to imagine and build a better future. Just as a quilt is formed from many small pieces to make a cohesive whole, our collective efforts can drive change and restoration, offering warmth, comfort, and a vision for the future.
As each new piece is added, this collaborative quilt grows—not just as a work of art, but as a shared vision for climate hope, resilience, and renewal.
Prompts included:
What are you currently doing to support a sustainable future?
Whose voices need to be present when we speak about climate?
What successes give you hope for our climate future?
How can we hold corporations accountable for their role in supporting a just and liveable future?
What is the first thing in nature that you loved?
If you could write one climate law, what would it include?
What more can you commit to doing to be a good ancestor for our world?
How can cities be more sustainable?
What more could we do together as a community?
